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A new Dementia-Friendly Housing Guide 2026 has been released by the Dementia and Housing Working Group to help housing organisations better support people affected by dementia.

The DHSC have published the results from their survey of adult social care providers to better understand care technology adoption and barriers to further adoption, providing illuminating findings ahead of the digital switchover by January 2027.

Under the Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) Act 2023 (the Act), the government has established the Supported Housing Advisory Panel (the panel). This panel will play a key role in providing valuable information and expert advice relating to supported exempt accommodation over the next 5 years.

In this week’s newsletter, we share highlights from our upcoming Housing LIN Annual Conference in Bristol, welcome keynote speakers Ian Workman and Nick Hibberd, and feature the SHAPE Exchange launch, a Future Leaders blog, Scotland’s Housing Festival, the Casey Commission, and more.

In a speech at the Nuffield Trust Summit, Baroness Casey, Chair of the Independent Commission on Adult Social Care, said social care has never had its own “creation moment” and called for a national reckoning equivalent to Beveridge’s reforms in 1948.  

We are excited to share this new Inspirational Achievement feature highlighting a project funded by the Vivensa Foundation, developed in collaboration with the Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design (HHCD) and residents of the Guinness Partnership.

Our CEO, Jeremy Porteus, joined Angela Currie, Hanover Scotland's CEO, on the platform yesterday at the Chartered Institute of Housing Scotland annual conference in Glasgow.

As National Careers Week celebrates the many routes people take to build meaningful working lives, we’re proud to share Sam Gilly's (Complaint Insight Manager, Sovereign Network Group) Future Leaders blog, "Breaking the Mold: Learning That My Path Still Counts."

We’re delighted to launch the SHAPE Exchange, a 5-year programme designed to drive better, more age-friendly homes and places across the UK.

In today’s newsletter, to share highlights from a successful conference, new initiatives, funding opportunities, design award deadlines, policy updates, and expert insights shaping age-friendly housing, health, and community practice across the UK for professionals driving innovation in later-life living solutions.